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Arthur Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 Edinburgh, Scotland - July 7, 1930) was a Scottish author.

He will always be most associated with Sherlock Holmes, the fictional consulting detective.

In 1912, he introduced the overtly Sci Fi character, Professor Edward Challenger in The Lost World. Doyle would write five books about Challenger, although only the first is widely known to the general public today.

Probably less well-known is Doyle's support of the paranormal. One of his more unusual books is The Coming of the Fairies, in which he supports the authenticity of the Cottingly photos, a series of pictures of a couple of young girls playing with tiny humanoids. The book also provides other support for the existence of fairies.

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